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Port details on branch 2025Q4
p5-Parallel-ForkManager Simple parallel processing fork manager
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Maintainer: perl@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2002-11-01 17:34:43
Last Update: 2025-09-10 16:17:54
Commit Hash: bddadf6
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Also Listed In: perl5
License: ART10 GPLv1+
WWW:
https://metacpan.org/release/Parallel-ForkManager
Description:
This module is intended for use in operations that can be done in parallel where the number of processes to be forked off should be limited. Typical use is a downloader which will be retrieving hundreds/thousands of files.
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Manual pages:
FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. /usr/local/share/licenses/p5-Parallel-ForkManager-2.04/catalog.mk
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/p5-Parallel-ForkManager-2.04/LICENSE
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/p5-Parallel-ForkManager-2.04/ART10
  4. /usr/local/share/licenses/p5-Parallel-ForkManager-2.04/GPLv1+
  5. lib/perl5/site_perl/Parallel/ForkManager.pm
  6. lib/perl5/site_perl/Parallel/ForkManager/Child.pm
  7. lib/perl5/site_perl/man/man3/Parallel::ForkManager.3.gz
  8. lib/perl5/site_perl/man/man3/Parallel::ForkManager::Child.3.gz
  9. @owner
  10. @group
  11. @mode
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
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Dependency lines:
  • p5-Parallel-ForkManager>0:devel/p5-Parallel-ForkManager
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/devel/p5-Parallel-ForkManager/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install devel/p5-Parallel-ForkManager
  • pkg install p5-Parallel-ForkManager
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: p5-Parallel-ForkManager
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1757176693 SHA256 (Parallel-ForkManager-2.04.tar.gz) = 606894fc2e9f7cd13d9ec099aaac103a8f0943d1d80c2c486bae14730a39b7fc SIZE (Parallel-ForkManager-2.04.tar.gz) = 37406

Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
p5-Parallel-ForkManager
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FreeBSD:13:latest2.042.042.022.042.04n/an/an/a
FreeBSD:13:quarterly2.042.042.022.032.04n/an/an/a
FreeBSD:14:latest2.042.042.022.032.042.02-2.02
FreeBSD:14:quarterly2.042.04-2.032.042.022.022.02
FreeBSD:15:latest2.042.04n/a2.03n/an/a2.022.02
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FreeBSD:16:latest2.042.04n/a-n/an/a--
Dependencies
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Build dependencies:
  1. p5-Moo>=0 : devel/p5-Moo
  2. perl5>=5.42.r<5.43 : lang/perl5.42
  3. perl5>=5.42.r<5.43 : lang/perl5.42
Test dependencies:
  1. p5-Test-Warn>=0 : devel/p5-Test-Warn
Runtime dependencies:
  1. p5-Moo>=0 : devel/p5-Moo
  2. perl5>=5.42.r<5.43 : lang/perl5.42
This port is required by:
for Build
  1. devel/p5-Test-DependentModules
  2. security/tls-check
  3. sysutils/p5-Monitor-Simple
  4. www/p5-FEAR-API
  5. www/p5-Scrappy
  6. www/rt44
  7. www/rt50
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  2. www/rt60
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Deleted ports which required this port:

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  1. net/xbone*
  2. net-mgmt/p5-FusionInventory-Agent-Task-SNMPQuery*
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for Run
  1. audio/pacpl
  2. devel/p5-Test-DependentModules
  3. dns/p5-Zonemaster-Backend
  4. multimedia/gtk-pipe-viewer
  5. multimedia/pipe-viewer
  6. net-mgmt/pancho
  7. security/tls-check
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  2. sysutils/p5-Monitor-Simple
  3. www/p5-FEAR-API
  4. www/p5-Scrappy
  5. www/rt44
  6. www/rt50
  7. www/rt60
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Deleted ports which required this port:

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  1. net-mgmt/glpi-plugins-tracker-agent*
  2. net-mgmt/netdot*
  3. net-mgmt/p5-FusionInventory-Agent-Task-SNMPQuery*
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Configuration Options:
No options to configure
Options name:
devel_p5-Parallel-ForkManager
USES:
perl5
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Master Sites:
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  1. ftp://ftp.auckland.ac.nz/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/Parallel/
  2. ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/CPAN/modules/by-module/
  3. ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/CPAN/modules/by-module/Parallel/
  4. ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/Parallel/
  5. ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/cpan.perl.org/CPAN/modules/by-module/Parallel/
  6. http://backpan.perl.org/modules/by-module/Parallel/
  7. http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/CPAN/modules/by-module/Parallel/
  8. http://ftp.twaren.net/Unix/Lang/CPAN/modules/by-module/Parallel/
  9. https://cpan.metacpan.org/modules/by-module/
  10. https://cpan.metacpan.org/modules/by-module/Parallel/
  11. https://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Parallel/
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